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James Ogilvie was the tutor of [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s grandson, [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]].<ref>Endrina Tay & Jeremy Dibbell, "Reconstructing a Lost Library: George Wythe's 'Legacie' to President Thomas Jefferson, Tales from the Vault, ''Common-Place'', Jan. 2009, http://www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-02/tales.</ref> Jefferson gave two titles from the Wythe library to Ogilvie.
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[https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/ogilvie-james-1773-1820/ James Ogilvie] (1773 &ndash; 1820) was a Scottish-born teacher and orator, and the tutor of [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s grandson, [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]].<ref>Endrina Tay & Jeremy Dibbell, "Reconstructing a Lost Library: George Wythe's 'Legacie' to President Thomas Jefferson, Tales from the Vault, ''Common-Place'', Jan. 2009, http://www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-02/tales.</ref> Jefferson gave two titles from the Wythe library to Ogilvie.
  
 
==Wythe Books Given to Ogilvie by Thomas Jefferson==
 
==Wythe Books Given to Ogilvie by Thomas Jefferson==
The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"Library of George Wythe", Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013, http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768.</ref> The Wolf Law Library owns neither title at present.
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The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.<ref>"Library of George Wythe", Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013, http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768.</ref>  
  
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[[File:JeffersonInventoryOgilvie.jpg|right|thumb|450px|Detail of page two from Jefferson's inventory of books received from [[George Wythe|George Wythe's]] estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to James Ogilvie. Courtesy of the [http://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=1768 Massachusetts Historical Society].]]
|Mathematiques de Bezout. 3<sup>d</sup>. & 4<sup>th</sup>. vols. 8<sup>vo</sup>.<br />
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|Ciceronis opera. notis varior. 9.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.  
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|[[Cours de Mathematiques|Mathematiques de Bezout]]. 3<sup>d</sup>. & 4<sup>th</sup>. vols. 8<sup>vo</sup>.
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|[[M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera cum Delectu Commentariorum|Ciceronis opera. notis varior]]. 9.v. 4<sup>to</sup>.  
 
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==See also==
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*[[Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead]]
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*[[Dabney Carr]]
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*[[Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge]]
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*[[James Dinsmore]]
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
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*[[John Wayles Eppes]]
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*[[Last Will and Testament]]
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*[[Martha Jefferson Randolph]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]
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*[[Thomas Mann Randolph]]
  
 
==References==
 
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==Further reading==
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*Eastman, Carolyn. [https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/ogilvie-james-1773-1820/ "Ogilvie, James (1773–1820)"] Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:36, 26 February 2021

James Ogilvie (1773 – 1820) was a Scottish-born teacher and orator, and the tutor of Thomas Jefferson's grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph.[1] Jefferson gave two titles from the Wythe library to Ogilvie.

Wythe Books Given to Ogilvie by Thomas Jefferson

The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.[2]

Detail of page two from Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to James Ogilvie. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Mr. Ogilvie
Mathematiques de Bezout. 3d. & 4th. vols. 8vo.
Ciceronis opera. notis varior. 9.v. 4to.

See also

References

  1. Endrina Tay & Jeremy Dibbell, "Reconstructing a Lost Library: George Wythe's 'Legacie' to President Thomas Jefferson, Tales from the Vault, Common-Place, Jan. 2009, http://www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-02/tales.
  2. "Library of George Wythe", Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013, http://tjlibraries.monticello.org/transcripts/wythelibrary/2.html. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806", Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013, http://www.masshist.org/database/doc-viewer.php?item_id=1768.

Further reading